The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

Hospital Friends (Taunton) Limited

Company 02559526 Active

Registered charity: League of Friends Musgrove Park Hospital

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Board DNA

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7
directors on the board
7.6y median 6.8y
average tenure
12y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
6 vs 0 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Hospitality 1

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Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

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Company details

Number02559526
StatusActive
TypePrivate Limited Company
Incorporated16/11/1990
AddressLEAGUE OF FRIENDS SHOP, MUSGROVE PARK HOSPITAL, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA1 5DA
Accounts next due31/10/2026
Accounts last made up31/01/2025

Industry (SIC)

47240 - Retail sale of bread, cakes, flour confectionery and sugar confectionery in specialised stores

Ownership - persons with significant control (3)

  • Mrs Susan Ewan British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Colin Hawkins British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Michael Edward Fry ceased British
    ownership of shares 25-50% voting rights 25-50%

Officers (17)

  • Foster, Tina Secretary · appointed 2022
  • Booth, Nicholas Director · appointed 2022
  • Parsons, Josephine Sarah Anne Director · appointed 2021
  • Hawkins, Colin Director · appointed 2019
  • Bartaby, Anne Director · appointed 2019
  • Salvador, Alison Director · appointed 2019
  • Ewan, Susan Director · appointed 2014
  • Barrell, Colin Director · appointed 2014
  • Palmer, John David Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • Hellar, Pauline Joan Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Booth, Jacqueline Helen Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2022
  • FRY, Michael Edward Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2023
  • Ewan, Susan Anne Former Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2008
  • Adams, Basil Gordon Thornton Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2014
  • Kilby, Peter Hayne Former Director · resigned 2012
  • Helliar, Pauline Joan Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Pegge, Margaret Kathleen Former Secretary · resigned 1996

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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